PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, December 31, 2008 – Terry Blakemore, President and Chief Executive Officer of Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX) and Mike McAndrew, Black Box’s Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present at the Needham Growth Conference on January 6, 2009. The conference will be held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET. To access the webcast, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Black Box website at www.blackbox.com. Please login approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.

About Black Box

Black Box is the world’s largest technical services company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining today’s complicated data and voice infrastructure systems. Black Box services 175,000 clients in 141 countries with 191 offices throughout the world. To learn more, visit the Black Box Web site at http://www.blackbox.com.

Any forward-looking statements contained in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and speak only as of the date of this release. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the fact they use words such as "should," "anticipate," "estimate," "approximate," "expect," "target," "may," "will," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe" and other words of similar meaning and expression in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. One can also identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Although it is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors, they may include the timing and final outcome of the ongoing review of the Company’s stock option practices, including the related Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) investigation, shareholder derivative lawsuit and tax matters, and the impact of any actions that may be required or taken as a result of such review, SEC investigation, shareholder derivative lawsuit or tax matters, levels of business activity and operating expenses, expenses relating to corporate compliance requirements, cash flows, global economic and business conditions, successful integration of acquisitions, including the NextiraOne business, the timing and costs of restructuring programs, successful marketing of DVH (Data, Voice, Hotline) services, successful implementation of our M&A program, including identifying appropriate targets, consummating transactions and successfully integrating the businesses, competition, changes in foreign, political and economic conditions, fluctuating foreign currencies compared to the U.S. dollar, rapid changes in technologies, client preferences, the Company’s arrangements with suppliers of voice equipment and technology and various other matters, many of which are beyond the Company's control. Additional risk factors are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. We can give no assurance that any goal, plan or target set forth in forward-looking statements can be achieved and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which speak only as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of future events or developments.p>